What is a Costs Advocate?

Costs advocates are professionals who specialise in dealing with all legal costs issues and can represent clients at costs hearings and throughout detailed assessment proceedings. Costs Draftsmen and Costs Lawyers can provide their assistance on all costs law matters, as well as providing advocacy services, with the latter holding rights of audience to provide legal representation in Court.

Many specialist costs advocates provide their services to law firms and Solicitors, and Costs Lawyers are able to accept instructions direct from Litigants in Person.

Benefits of Using Costs Advocates

Some costs hearings can involve complicated and technical costs aspects, and it is therefore essential to instruct a legal costs expert to advocate on your behalf in order to obtain the best outcome.

Solicitors from all specialisms can represent clients in legal costs hearings; however, there are many benefits to instructing a costs specialist to advocate on your behalf.

Costs advocates have specialist expertise and extensive experience working in the field of legal costs, which is now a complex area of law, and they will therefore be better equipped to deal with costs issues arising from any case.

Why Choose ARC Costs?

ARC Costs provide a bespoke team of experienced costs advocates, including Law Costs Draftsmen and Costs Lawyers. Our Costs Lawyers are regulated by the Costs Lawyer Standards Board and have experience in handling complex matters in both the County Court and High Court. We are experts in utilising a technology focussed approach, whilst still providing a traditional costing service within the legal services profession.

We provide advocacy services at CCMCs (in respect of Costs Budgeting) costs appeals, detailed assessment hearings and Solicitor/Client assessments.

The types of cases in which we have provided costs advocacy services include, personal injury, clinical negligence, commercial disputes, industrial disease, judicial review, as well as in contesting or defending a Solicitor/Client Bill.

We can also assist in the preparation of Costs Budgets (Precedent H), Statements of Costs (N260) and preparing Bills of Costs. 

If you require any assistance or wish to discuss your costs query, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01204 397302 or via email at info@arccosts.co.uk. Alternatively, you can Instruct Us directly on the form found here, and a cost specialist will contact you to discuss your query on receipt of the papers.

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